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Yankton County, SD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Yankton County’s unemployment rate is 1.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Yankton County economy

  • 1.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.0% the month before

  • 12,055

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 23,379

    people in Yankton County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $73,855

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Yankton County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Yankton County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Yankton County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
  2. Five Below1 open role
  3. Jackson Hewitt1 open role
  4. Manitou Group1 open role
  5. National Park Service1 open role
  6. State of South Dakota1 open role
  7. Thinking Ahead1 open role
  8. ThinkingAhead Executive Search1 open role
  9. TIUM Technology1 open role
  10. Vishay1 open role

Colleges in Yankton County

Colleges in Yankton County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Mount Marty UniversityYanktonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yankton County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Yankton American Job Center

    Yankton · Comprehensive · 605-773-3372

    Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, Thursday 9 am to 5 pm

Cities in Yankton County

Other South Dakota counties

All of South Dakota

Laid off or looking for work in Yankton County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from South Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.